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IE Low MIC Utility Tool or ielowutil.exe The ielowutil.exe process is a legitimate Microsoft process that is a part of the Internet Explorer. It is a system file, located in the C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer folder. On my Windows 8 x64, it occupies a size of around 220 KB. If you open its Properties, you will see it described as Internet Low-Mic Utility Tool. The Internet Low MIC Utility Tool is the broker process that handles operations that require the processing of low- and medium-integrity process API calls....

What is Phishing? Basically, a phishing email attempts to obtain valuable information such as your ATM /credit card numberBank account numberOnline account loginsSocial security number, etc. The stolen information could be used for carrying out identity thefts or stealing money from your bank account. Identity theft means that the cracker could disguise as the one whose information he has obtained and carry out various activities in their name. Common types of Phishing Phishing is carried out via various means....

What is SATA or NVMe SSD? The basic thing to understand is that SATA (Serial Advanced Technology attachment) and NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) are standards or interface protocols. In simple words, they differ in the way storage connects to the motherboard. We already know that SSDs have advantages over the traditional mechanical hard drive, but using an NVMe SSD over SATA SSD can take it to the next level. Before we go ahead, let’s first check how they look....

Spooler SubSystem App (spoolsv.exe) Sometimes, upon launching the Task Manager service, you may discover that the Spooler SubSystem App uses more than half of the CPU and over a gigabyte of memory. So what is the Spooler System app in particular and why it is running on your PC? We’ll find answers to these questions in a while. Spooler SubSystem App is a process that helps a user manage his printer and fax systems....

What is the EFSTMPWP folder Cipher.exe is a built-in command line tool in the Windows operating system that can be used to encrypt or decrypt data on NTFS drives. This tool also lets to securely delete data by overwriting it. When you use this built-in tool, it creates a temporary folder named EFSTMPWP on the system partition. It then more temporary files in that folder, and writes random data comprising of 0’s, 1’s and other random numbers to those files....

Hacking is a very broad discipline and covers a wide range of topics like, Website HackingEmail HackingComputer HackingEthical HackingEtc. Read: What is Black Hat, Grey Hat or White Hat Hacker? What is the meaning of Ethical Hacking Ethical Hacking also known as Penetration Testing is an act of intruding/penetrating system or networks with the user’s consent. The purpose is to evaluate the security of an organization by exploiting the vulnerabilities in a way the attackers could exploit them....

What is vssvc.exe? The .exe extension on a filename indicates an executable file. Executable files may, in some cases, be malware, and malware is known to take the names of other legit files. So in this case the first thing you need to do is search for and locate the vssvc.exe file using Start search. If it is found in the System32 folder and its Properties indicate that is a Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service file then it is the legit Microsoft process....

Where can I download Safari browser for Windows 11/10? The requirements of all the users are not the same. Some users like to surf the internet anonymously, while some want a lightweight web browser that is not a RAM eater. These users’ requirements have developed a cut-throat competition among the web browsers. In this web browser battle, there are a few web browsers that have become popular, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari....

Windows Media Player in Windows 11/10 Windows 11/10 Enterprise and Windows 11/10 Pro LTSB (Long Term Service Branch) editions do not include Windows Media Player, but Windows 11/10 Pro and Home do. You can find WMP by: 1] Locating Windows Media Player Shortcut The simplest way to find Windows Media Player is by clicking Start, typing Windows Media Player in the Search box and selecting the app. If you cannot spot Windows Media Player in the list, check out if there’s any file by the name WMPlayer....

Windows 10 2022 Update version 22H2 not installing In such a situation, please try the basic steps which are followed when a Windows Update fails to install. Other than those steps, a few of the following could be tried as well: 1] Delete the folder $WINDOWS.~BT The $Windows.~BT and $Windows.~WS folders are created by Windows, during the upgrade process. In the case of a failed upgrade, it is better to delete the folder and start the upgrade process afresh....

Windows 10 Accounts Chrome extension Once you install the extension on the Chrome browser, it will leverage the Microsoft account to sign in to all Microsoft services without prompting for password every time. If you are wondering which Microsoft account? Then it is the same Microsoft account you are using in your computer. Here is what the extension can do- So you can see the scope of the extension goes beyond one application....

When you press the start button and the Windows, doesn’t Start on Surface, its almost a nightmare. While we are going to suggest how you can fix this, it all depends on what you see on the Surface. Just before we start make sure to check on two things. First, the battery is not dead on the Surface. Second, remove any external peripherals including printers, scanners, gaming controllers, external monitor, and microSD card and remove your Surface from the docking station if you’re using one....

Windows 10 for Internet of Things In recent developments, the most important is the availability of Windows 10 for a range of devices and the upgraded version of Raspberry Pi. There have been more developments but they are out of the scope of this article. We focus on Windows 10 for the Internet of Things in this post. Though they did not mention it specially, the way Microsoft presented Windows 10 at the Jan 21 2015 event, they did drop many hints about having an edition of Microsoft Windows 10 for Internet of Things....

One of the major reasons for the inaccessibility of the BIOS in Windows can be due to the fast booting process. BIOS includes POST (Power-On Self-Test) which helps to verify if the computer meets the requirements to boot up properly. Your computer must pass the POST test and if it doesn’t, you might hear the beep sound, which indicates hardware malfunction. Read: How does Windows boot? Description of the Windows boot process....

Cannot upload Photos to websites To that, we have to deliver a resounding yes. From our extensive experience, the inability to upload images has nothing to with your computer’s hardware, but the software. In many cases, this is a web browser problem or even a block from your Internet Service Provider. 1] Check if a browser extension is a cause From time to time, browser extensions, while great to have, can cause problems for a web browser....

While if you’re pretty sure that nothing is wrong on the hardware side, you can check if the Remote Procedure Call (RPC), Windows Connection Manager and WLAN AutoConfig services are running properly in the Services window (Run services.msc to get this). In our case, we found that WLAN AutoConfig service was not working on the system, and we received the following error message: After doing some research on this issue, we came across a solution which helped us to solve this problem....

Windows Media Player keyboard shortcuts Here are a few keyboard shortcuts for Windows Media Player in Windows 10/8/7: Ctrl + 1 : Switches to library mode Ctrl + 2 : Switches to skin mode Ctrl + 3 : Switches to player mode Ctrl + 7 : Add to Play Ctrl + 8 : Add to Burn Ctrl + 9 : Add to Sync Ctrl + A : Selects everything in a list Ctrl + J : Eject Ctrl + N : Create playlist Ctrl + O : Shows Open Dialog Ctrl + Shift + B : Rewinds playing content Right Arrow : Skip forward Left Arrow : Skip backward Ctrl + Click : Resize player to image Escape : Return to Now Playing Alt + 1 : Video Size 50% Alt + 2 : Video Size 100% Take a look at the complete list of Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 10....

What this message says is that although the System File Checker completed the scan and found corrupted system files, it was unable to proceed and replace them with good system files. The Windows Resource Protection protects registry keys and folders as well as critical system files. If any changes are detected to a protected system file, the modified file is restored from a cached copy located in the Windows folder itself....

Windows 11/10 PC will not boot up or start If the basic troubleshooting there does not help you, read on! Windows 11/10 Startup & Boot problems Boot Phases of a Windows computer When you push the power button, the boot process goes through many phases. Before we go ahead and troubleshoot the problems which occur during the stages, let’s first get to know about them, and what happens during the process....

WonderFox DVD Ripper Speedy for PC Although DVDs are portable and work on multiple media devices, when suffering a damage, the DVD content could potentially be completely lost. Therefore, a great way to avoid this sort of an issue, would be to create a backup of your DVD items, so that they can be run on your computer. WonderFox DVD Ripper Speedy brings you a well-organized and user-friendly interface. On the interface you can see clearly all the options of each step, presented as buttons....